Abstract
We had reported the results of reliability analysis of the Stress Tolerance Check List (STCL) in healthy people in the 1st report. In this study, the answers of 215 patients of our psychosomatic clinic (Anxiety disorder ; 24,Depressive disorder : 151,Autonomic imbalance : 28,other diseases : 12) were analysed in the same way. The average point of STCL was 53.6±9.2 which was lower than the healthy people (61.2±7.4) of the 1st report (p<0.01). The Cronbach's alpha of STCL was O.8446,which is considered to be in good internal consistency. By the factor analysis, there were 5 factors in STCL, including 'cheerfulness and positive thinking', 'liberality and consideration in social relationship', 'self-unreliability', 'self-centerdness' and 'strain'. By discriminant analysis of the STCL, the healthy group and the patient group were separated significantly. The discriminant ratio was 77. 8%. We considered stress tolerance is the ability of harmonious and proper recognition, evaluation and coping with the stressor and it's demand. STCL is considered to be useful to surmize the stress tolerance to a certine degree. To estimate stress tolerance more exactly we are going to investigate more suitable questions, reconsider the subjects and examine the relation between STCL and stressor or stress reaction.
